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THE    ROSARY 
IN    RHYME 


THE 

ROSARY 

IN    RHYME 

JOHN  B.  TABB 


MCMX VI 


Copyright,  1904,  by 

Small,  Maynard  &  Company 

Incorporated 


TO  THE 
RIGHT  REVEREND 


,     ^     .    X 

ALFRED  •  A  •  CURTIS  •  D-  D- 


WITH  THE 
LOVE  AND  VENERATION 

OF  HIS 
FIRST  SON  IN  CHRIST 


C  IT 


THE  JOYOUS    MYSTERIES 

I.   The  Annunciation,  2 

II.  The  Visitation,  6 

III.  The  Nativity,  10 
IV.   The  Presentation,  14 

V.   The  Child  in  the  Temple,  18 

THE    DOLOROUS  MYSTERIES 

VI.   The  Agony,  22 
VII.   The  Crown  of  Thorns,  26 

VIII.    The  Scourging,  30 

IX.   Carrying  the  Cross,  34 

X.   The  Crucifixion,  38 

THE    GLORIOUS    MYSTERIES 

XI.   The  Resurrection,  42 
XII.   The  Ascension,  46 

XIII.    Pentecost,  50 

XIV.   The  Assumption,  54 

XV.  The  Coronation  of  Mary,  58 


THE  JOYOUS  MYSTERIES '  ; 


I.  THE  ANNUNCIATION 


THE  ANNUNCIATION 


CCUSTOMED  in  the 
highest  heights  to  be, 
The  Angel  bowed  in  awe, 
As  if,  amazed  before 
Humility, 


A  deeper  heaven  he  saw. 


tf) c  st  KB  el  came  in  unto  fj ct%  | {g  i 
an&  saiti,  jijatU  nuhe  i,  as. 


THE  JOYOUS  MYSTERIES 


II.  THE  VISITATION 


II 

THE  VISITATION 

|IS  cloistered  God  the  unborn 
messenger 

Exulting,  leaped  to  hear : 
His  mother  in  the  Mother 
of  her  Lord 
Interpreting  the  Word. 


STnTr  toijetue  is  tfjis  to  me  ttyat  tije 
stjoutti  come 

tome?  Hufeei,43. 


THE  JOYOUS  MYSTERIES 


III.  THE  NATIVITY 


Ill 

THE  NATIVITY 

small  that  lesser 

lowliness 

Must  bow  to  worship  or 

caress : 

So  great  that  heaven 
itself  to  know 
Love's  majesty  must  look  below. 


10 


sou  In  fiorn  t^Cs  tras,  tn 
cttg  of  Batom,  a 

tijf  ILortr. 

Xufteii,  tt. 


THE  JOYOUS  MYSTERIES 


IV.  THE  PRESENTATION 


IV 

THE  PRESENTATION 

HERE,  woman,  is  thine 
offering  — 

The  debt  of  law  and  love  ? 
"  My  Babe  a  tender 
nestling  is, 


And  I  the  Mother-dove." 


SlccorDfittfl  to  ttjat  tol)(c!)  la 

in  tije  latu  of  tijc  HortJt 
pair  of  turtie-troDes*    «tAe«,  24 


THE  JOYOUS  MYSTERIES 


V.  THE  CHILD  IN  THE  TEMPLE 


THE  CHILD  IN  THE  TEMPLE 

MONG  the  sages  while 
He  sat, 

And  they  delighted  heard, 
None  knew  the  Child  they 
wondered  at, 
Was  God's  Eternal  Word. 


18 


rf)cr>  fount*  Jfyini  in  tijt  temple, 
aitting  in  tijc  mttrst  of  ti)r  Troc= 


THE  DOLOROUS  MYSTERIES 


VI.  THE  AGONY 


VI 

THE  AGONY 

[ERE,  where  with  bloody 
sweat 

The  ground  is  wet, 
The  brutal  thorn  is  bred 
To  crown  His  head :  — 


Dost  thou,  avenging  sod, 
Curse  home  thy  God  ? 


22 


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also  aittr  thistles  sijall 
tt  tirinfl  fortf)  to  tftre. 


THE  DOLOROUS  MYSTERIES 


VII.  THE  CROWN  OF  THORNS 


VII 
THE  CROWN  OF  THORNS 


H,  wherefore  were  we  torn, 
Reluctant,  from  the  bough, 
To  be  a  mark  of  scorn 
Upon  this  bleeding  Brow  ? 
O  fruit  of  the  Forbidden  Tree, 


Behold  the  ripened  penalty ! 


tfjrg  plattrtr  a  croton  of 
ttjotns,  anti  put  it  attmt 


t^xr/^g^^ 


THE  DOLOROUS  MYSTERIES 


VIII.  THE  SCOURGING 


VIII 

THE  SCOURGING 

THONGS,  for  thirst 

Of  fiends  accurst, 

Ye  quaffed  the  crimson 

flood! 

Ah,  would  that  we 

Who  wound,  as  ye 

Were  guiltless  of  His  blood  ! 


Pilate  ttjemore  tooft 
Jesus  anil  scourged  jK?im. 


THE  DOLOROUS  MYSTERIES 


IX.  CARRYING  THE  CROSS 


IX 
CARRYING  THE  CROSS 


HEN  Christ  went  up  to 

Calvary, 

His  load  upon  Him  laid, 

Each  tree  unto  its  neighbor 

tree 


In  awful  silence  said, 

"  Behold,  the  Gardener  is  He 

Of  Eden  and  Gethsemane ! " 


34 


THE  DOLOROUS  MYSTERIES 


X.  THE  CRUCIFIXION 


THE  CRUCIFIXION 


HY,  O  my  God,  hast  Thou 

forsaken  me  ? 

Not  so  my  Mother ;  for 

behold  and  see 

She  steadfast  stands.     O 
Father,  shall  it  be 

That  she  abides  when  Thou  forsakest 
me? 


Koto  tfjere  stoott  fcg  tfje 
of  Jrsus  ?£?is  plott 

fofon  tit,  25 


THE  GLORIOUS  MYSTERIES 


XL  THE  RESURRECTION 


I 


XI 

THE  RESURRECTION 

EHOLD,  the  night  of 

sorrow  gone, 

Like  Magdalene  the  tender 

Dawn 

Goes  forth  with  love's 


anointing  sweet, 

To  kiss  again  the  Master's  feet. 


42 


srtje  fir«t  tr  ag  of  t^e  totw  cometf) 

ptasKalene,  earls, 
it  toas  get  trarfe,  unto  tije 


THE  GLORIOUS  MYSTERIES 


XII.  THE  ASCENSION 


XII 

THE  ASCENSION 


N  Sinai  did  the  cloud, 
His  glory  shroud ; 
And  in  the  Holy  Place 
It  hid  His  face. 
As  now  He  goes,  so 

shall  ye  see 

Him  come ;  —  a  cloud  His  canopy. 


a  clotrtr  recctbett  ]Eitm  out 
of  tljetc  stflijt.  act?  i,  0. 


THE  GLORIOUS  MYSTERIES 


XIII.  PENTECOST 


XIII 

PENTECOST 

ISCORD  —  the  curse  of 

Babel  —  done, 

The  world,  divided,  hears 

as  one 

All  hearts  revealing 
each  to  each, 
The  new-found  harmony  of  speech. 


tfjere  appeared  unto  tfjcm 
cloben  tonflucs,  Ufee  as  of  fire. 


THE  GLORIOUS  MYSTERIES 


XIV.  THE  ASSUMPTION 


XIV 

THE  ASSUMPTION 

OR  Bethlehem  nor  Nazareth 

Apart  from  Mary's  care, 

Nor  heaven  itself  a  home  for 

Him 

Were  not  His  Mother  there. 


54 


net  me  see  ti)g  countenance, 
let  me  gear  tfjg  fcotce, 

£>on0  of  £>ol.  ii,  14. 


THE  GLORIOUS  MYSTERIES 


XV.  THE  CORONATION 


XV 

THE  CORONATION  OF  MARY 

HEE,  Mother-Queen  of 
Heaven, 
He  crowned, 
And  not  for  love  alone ; 
For  in  thy  bosom  first 


He  found 

The  life-spring  of  His  own. 


STijer  r  appeared  a  great  toontrer 
in  ijeafc r n ;  a  luoman  do tfjrt  tu tti) 
tije  sun,  antr  tfje  moon  untrer 
fret,  antr  upon  Jjer  ic«i^  a  crotiw 
of  ttucllje  stavs* 


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